Week 14 (4/25) Podcasting workshop

READ:
Newitz, A. (2005). Adam Curry wants to make you an iPod radio starWired. 13(3).

Fox, C. (2008). Manifesto: On podcasting. Transom Review. 8(4).

Richardson, W. (2006). The new face of learning. Edutopia. (October, 2006).

Kretz, C. (2006, April 11). Learning to Speak: Creating a podcast with a unique voice. Higher Ed Blog Con 2006.

RESOURCES:
Radio Rookies
Radio Rookies website: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/rookies/
Main Street Project
Mapping Main Street http://www.mappingmainstreet.org/

Podcast directories:
General directory
Digital Podcast (the one that had a lot of results for "library")
http://www.digitalpodcast.com/

Odeo
http://odeo.com/

Podcasts by/for kids:
Kid-Cast
http://kid-cast.com/

Art-related:
Art Babble
http://www.artbabble.org/

Open Culture: A great culture and education resource; this page links to the NYPL on ITunes http://www.openculture.com/2008/04/new_york_public_library_now_live_on_itunes.html

How to Add an RSS Feed on Blogger:
In Blogger:
SETTINGS- FORMATTING TAB--Show link field option to YES
THEN you can add enclosure link when composing a post.
Helpful Video (at bottom of page):
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=80259
Finding Podsafe Music to add to your podcast:
Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/

AUDIO RECORDING AND EDITING:
http://transom.org/tools/ (A total guide to recording and editing audio-gear, how-tos, interviewing, editing, and mixing)
Audacity (free audio editing software for Mac and PC)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (download)
ghttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/documentation (Basic How To)
*NOTE: You must ALSO download LAME MP3 encoder separately (kinda lame) to be able to export the Audacity project as an MP3.
Find it here:
http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/

PODCAST ENCODING & UPLOADING
Uploading audio and video enclosures to Blogger:
http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2007/06/enclosures-and-video-podcasting.html

WEB HOSTS AND SERVERS
Bluehost
Dreamhost
Go Daddy
LibSyn
http://www.webhostdir.com/
Low Budget Option:
Try Libsyn for $5/month
http://www.libsyn.org

FTP SOFTWARE
Windows:
http://www.smartftp.com/
Mac:
http://filezilla-project.org/

Publishing Your feed:
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/podcasts

Validating/Checking your Feed:
Google Reader
iTunes (this is good for seeing how long the podcasts will take to download in an aggregator).

Promoting Your Podcast:
http://www.jakeludington.com/project_studio/20051028_12_ways_to_promote_your_podcast.html

FAIR USE FOR LIBRARIANS: 3 Podcast Examples
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide879Special_Rules_For_Librarians_Or_Teachers

DUE NEXT WEEK:
Record audio for a promo for your group's library and choose background music and/or special effects (see Resources in note for Week 13). Bear in mind that your promo will be 2-3 minutes long.